
Visiting Ypres & the WW1 Graves | Educating all 3 generations about the sacrifices of so many…
Having visited Ypres with the fantastic Salient Tours in April, we were always going to return to Ypres… but this time with grandparents accompanying both girls. It was their first visit to the powerful reminders of the sacrifices of so many people during the Great War. A very moving day as we toured the Menin Gate, Tyne Cot Cemetery and In Flanders Field Museum..
Our trip around Europe has had some amazing highlights… yet for us, this part of the Salient… the scene of perhaps the bitterest of all the Great War battles (Battle of Passchendaele) will always be etched in our memories… and thankfully now we’ve passed this onto our parents so they will hopefully pass it onto their friends…
It truly is a ‘must see‘ part of European history and one we feel grateful about visiting & learning rather than just hearing about in a classroom…
For those looking for more like this to inspire their children’s history learning, we can recommend first hand experiences at:
- Juno Beach (D-Day Landings in WW2) in Northern France
- Somme Battlefields Tour in Northern France
- Eden Camp (Prisoner of War Camp) in Yorkshire
- Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, Germany
- Balkan Conflict History tour in Dubrovnik, Croatia
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